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Simmons: Newton #7 QB in the league

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Simmons posted his Week 8 Picks column and included a QB power poll. Cam came in 7th behind Rodgers, Brady, Brees, Big Ben, Rivers and Vick:

7. Cam Newton

This seems crazy. I know. Just remember, he'll keep getting better and better … and from what we've already seen, he can make any throw, extend any play and make things happen with his legs whenever he wants. He's like Steve McNair 2.0 crossed with Roethlisberger, only with Jay Cutler's arm. He also handles himself exceptionally well — no small wrinkle(5) — and if there's something some of us (myself included) overlooked when we wondered if Newton should be the No. 1 overall pick, it was his resilience during a chaotic 2010 Auburn season. He's had a ton of stuff thrown at him these past four years: three colleges, an NFL team, a scandal, multiple offenses, multiple coaches … and he just keeps coming and coming. More importantly, if you were making a list of "Football Players I Wish Were On My Team For the Next Decade For Sheer Entertainment Value," it would be Rodgers, Newton, Calvin Johnson and Adrian Peterson in some order. That's a pretty good no. 1 pick. So there.

(5) I loved this week's Inside the NFL clip of Newton getting the game ball, pretending to start crying, getting the whole locker room laughing, then going out of his way to plug his offensive line. You could tell the whole locker room loved him. I think they need to make "quality of locker room speeches" part of QBR.

And an old friend is bringing up the rear:

42. Matt Moore

His last 10 games: 1,425 passing yards, 6 TDs, 13 picks, 24 sacks, 6.0 yards per attempt. In other words, Miami is in the Suck For Luck driver's seat! Could somebody superimpose Luck, Bill Cowher and Marc Anthony and some Dolphins jerseys on the three guys in this clip? Thanks.

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Yeah, that locker room clip takes care of any doubt about Cam's leadership abilities and ability to get guys to rally around him.

Being serious here, but what was so special about the clip? From what I saw he started a fake speech as a joke and people laughed. Am I missing something? How did that display his leadership?

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Being serious here, but what was so special about the clip? From what I saw he started a fake speech as a joke and people laughed. Am I missing something? How did that display his leadership?

Yeah, that was kind of an ordinary locker room kind of thing. Funny, but not that amazing. I guess rookies don't do it a lot. That's something I suppose.

He's funnier than Bradford or Stafford. That's what I take away from it.

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Being serious here, but what was so special about the clip? From what I saw he started a fake speech as a joke and people laughed. Am I missing something? How did that display his leadership?

Not taking credit but giving it to the offensive line is leadership.

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